Nybster
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| Nybster | |
| Caithness | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ND367876 |
| Location: | 58°33’21"N, 3°5’17"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Wick |
| Postcode: | KW14 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Highland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross |
Nybster is a scattered rural and crofting township in Caithness. It is to be found running along the A9 road just half a mile north of north of Auckengill, seven miles south of John O' Groats.
The name of Nybster is from Old Norse, but there are older traces here: there is an iron fortification, Nybster Broch, which was first excavated by Sir Francis Tress Barry in about 1900.[1] The broch was probably built between about 200 BC and AD 200 and re-used during the Pictish period (AD 300 - 800). The brochs of Caithness and the shires of the north are described at the Caithness Broch Centre nearby.
References
- ↑ Proceedings of the ... Viking Congress. Oliver and Boyd. 1950. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-7486-0430-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=uhdpAAAAMAAJ.